The role of GABAergic inhibition in shaping directional selectivity of bat inferior collicular neurons determined with temporally patterned pulse trains

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 188, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 815-826

  Zhou, X M ^a   Jen, P H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Bicuculline; Directional selectivity; GABAergic inhibition; Inferior colliculus; Pulse repetition rate

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BAT; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOLOCATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BICUCULLINE; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; GABA ANTAGONISTS; HEARING; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PITCH PERCEPTION; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036881663     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0367-x     Document Type: Article

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